Example sentences of "a [noun] have [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from this , the Emperor was afraid that if the Duke de Montpensier , who was married to Isabella 's sister , became King there would be a civil war in Spain as there had been in 1830 , when ‘ a sister had dethroned a sister ’ . |
| 2 | DPP ( 1937 ) , where a driver had killed a pedestrian whilst overtaking another car . |
| 3 | It was the night a driver had put a letter into Molly 's hands and called her Signora Kettering . |
| 4 | If a writer has produced a song he or she thinks is a must for Cliff Richard , a major publisher is most likely to get that song where it needs to be in order to interest Cliff . |
| 5 | Also until such time as a creditor has lodged a proof of debt , he can not vote at meetings of creditors . |
| 6 | Unknown to me a honeybee had made a hive in this part of the wall and not long afterwards I became aware of an angry bee searching frantically for the entrance to its hive . |
| 7 | A scientist has designed a bank cashpoint machine that you can talk to . |
| 8 | But in Nephila and many other spiders , the value of b will be low as once a male has located a female 's web , he stays there . |
| 9 | Gabriel popped up out of his barrel to see the brawl which was just beginning when suddenly everyone froze , as if a wizard had cast a spell over them . |
| 10 | Police hunting a man who threatened to kill a pensioner have released a security video of her attacker . |
| 11 | In each of these cases the victim of a fraud had signed a document not understanding what he or she was doing . |
| 12 | A bakery had become a betting shop and a draper 's had turned into the offices of a building society . |
| 13 | A Monastery has won a tourist award for providing some of the best accomodation for holiday makers . |
| 14 | A critic had coined a phrase for them and it was taken up as a catch phrase — ‘ They dance as one woman and what a woman . ’ |
| 15 | ( a ) Once a shareholder has incurred a debt or liability to the company , it has an equitable charge on the shares of that shareholder to secure payment which ranks in priority to later equitable interests and , it seems to earlier ones of which the company had no notice when its lien became effective ; and ( b ) in determining whether the company had notice , section 360 has no application ; if the company knows of the earlier equitable interest ( because , for example , a transfer of the shares has been lodged for registration even if that is refused ) it can not improve its own position to the detriment of the holder of that known equitable interest . |
| 16 | Once a chemical has entered a pond and caused widespread damage , it is essential to take everything out and scrub the entire pool several times , emptying and refilling with clean water before restocking with fish and plants . |
| 17 | To my surprise this man who could not swim a stroke had covered a quarter of a mile towards Malta , judging by the fluorescine trail . ’ |
| 18 | While out ploughing a horseman had noticed a stoat some distance away stalking a rabbit . |
| 19 | and er there was a , a , erm a car , a car had hit a barrier earlier on in the day |
| 20 | In assessing whether a child has satisfied a statement , teachers are asked to record attainments as ‘ emerging ’ or ‘ mastered ’ . |
| 21 | POLICE hunting a bogus social worker who tried to snatch a child have arrested a woman . |
| 22 | A bailiff had found a pig wandering where it should n't and , according to city regulations , had promptly cut the animal 's throat . |
| 23 | Suppose that a fraudster has persuaded a victim to part with his house : the fraudster is not guilty of theft of the land since section 4(2) provides that you can not steal land . |
| 24 | Following concerns expressed by the Visiting Group , a consultant has made a report on environmental conditions in the Library . |
| 25 | Karen had watched , wide-eyed , as this woman like a chainsaw had cut a swathe through the young men of their department at the university , apparently unconcerned with looks , or wit , or age . |
| 26 | He kept staring out the car window like he was a cat had broken a saucer . |
| 27 | A bomb has wrecked a hotel in Ulster and damage neighbouring houses . |
| 28 | A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death on a man who drowned in a rafting accident in California . |
| 29 | A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death on a man who drowned in a rafting accident in California . |
| 30 | A Coroner has recorded a verdict of suicide on Nicolette Fame , the wife of the singer Georgie Fame , who was suffering from depression when she jumped from the Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol . |